Does Romans 8:1 have conditions?
Romans 8:1: "Therefore, (there is) now no condemnation (for) the (ones) IN CHRIST Jesus"
"Condemnation":
Paul wrote: "(there is) now no CONDEMNATION (for) the (ones) in Christ" (Romans 8:1).
The Greek word for "CONDEMNATION" [katakrima 2631 in Greek] in Romans 8:1 is used in only 2 other verses in the New Testament: in Romans 5:16 & Romans 5:18.
In Romans 5:16, the Greek word for "CONDEMNATION" [katakrima 2631 in Greek] is set in opposition to the word for "(VERDICT-OF-)RIGHTEOUSNESS", as it is written:
"the judgment (is) from one (trespass), resulting-in (a) CONDEMNATION [katakrima 2631 in Greek]; BUT the (grace-)gift (is) from many trespasses, resulting-in (a) (VERDICT-OF-)RIGHTEOUSNESS" (Romans 5:16).
In Romans 5:18, the Greek word for "CONDEMNATION" [katakrima 2631 in Greek] is set in opposition to the word for "DECLARING-RIGHTEOUS", as it is written:
"(it was) through one trespass resulting-in a CONDEMNATION [katakrima 2631 in Greek] for all people, so also (it was) through one righteous-act resulting-in (a) DECLARING-RIGHTEOUS (issuing in) life for all people" (Romans 5:18).
"In Christ":
Paul wrote: "(there is) now no condemnation (for) the (ones) IN CHRIST" (Romans 8:1).
On which condition is there "no condemnation" (Romans 8:1)? On the condition of being among "the (ones) IN CHRIST" (Romans 8:1).
To be "IN CHRIST" would be conditional. Paul wrote, using the conditional particle "IF": "IF anyone (is) IN CHRIST" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Someone "IN CHRIST" can end up being TAKEN AWAY by the Father from being "IN CHRIST", as Christ said: "I am the grapevine, YOU (ARE) THE BRANCHES" (John 15:5), "My Father is the land-worker. Every BRANCH IN ME not bearing fruit — HE-TAKES IT AWAY" (John 15:1-2).
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Someone can sin and be condemned?:
Paul wrote: "(there is) now no CONDEMNATION (for) the (ones) in Christ" (Romans 8:1).
The Greek word for "CONDEMNATION" [katakrima 2631 in Greek] in Romans 8:1 comes from "TO-CONDEMN" [katakrinó 2632 in Greek, verb].
6 chapters later in Romans, Paul wrote that someone doing SIN can be CONDEMNED: "(The) faith which you have, be-having for yourself in-the-sight-of God. Blessed (is) the (one) not judging himself in what he-is-approving. BUT THE (ONE) DOUBTING HAS-BEEN-CONDEMNED [katakrinó 2632 in Greek] IF HE-EATS, because (it was) not out-of faith — and everything which (is) not out-of faith is SIN" (Romans 14:22-23).
Early Christian author:
Around the 5th century, a Christian author named Augustine of Hippo wrote: "There is no condemnation just because carnal desires exist; it is only if we give in to them and sin that we are condemned." (Augustine on Romans 47).
Why can someone who do sin be condemned?
Paul wrote that there is "no CONDEMNATION" (Romans 8:1) for "the (ones) IN CHRIST" (Romans 8:1) specifically.
It is written in 1 John that everyone ABIDING IN CHRIST is NOT SINNING [in the present tense], as it is written: "And you-know that that (One) appeared in-order-that He-might-take-away sins. And there-is no sin in Him. Everyone ABIDING IN HIM is NOT SINNING" (1 John 3:5-6).
If someone is "SINNING" (1 John 3:6), such a person would not be abiding "IN CHRIST" (Romans 8:1) in which there is "no CONDEMNATION" (Romans 8:1).
It is possible to not be "SINNING" (1 John 3:6) [in the present tense].
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